
Dr. Pratisha Borborah
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. : Jawaharlal Nehru University, New DelhiResearch Interests:
Economic Sociology, Urban Sociology, Gender Studies, Social StratificationDate of Joining : Dec 20, 2019
Phone: 9958976406
Email: pratisha.borborah@cottonuniversity.ac.in
About
Dr. Pratisha Borborah
Career/ Services
- Assistant Professor in Cotton University. (2019-till present)
- Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) in Maitreyi College, Delhi University. (2017-2019)
- Guest Lecturer in Cotton University. 2016
Teaching
- BLA 1st Semester (Sociological Foundation Course)
- BLA 2nd Semester (Sociological Thinkers)
- B.A 3rd Semester (Ecoonomic Sociology)
- B.A 4rth Semester (Sociological Thought II)
- B.A 5th Semester (Urban Sociology)
- M.A 1st Semester (Economy and Society)
- M.A 2nd Semester (Urban Sociology)
- M.A 3rd Semester (Media and Culture)
- M.A 4rth Semester (Sociology of Education)
Experience
- Assistant Professor in Cotton University. (2019-till present)
- Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) in Maitreyi College, Delhi University. (2017-2019)
- Guest Lecturer in Cotton University. 2016
Research Projects
Research paper publications
2022
1. Pratisha Borborah and Krishna Surya Das, Building Agency: Women Vendors and Gendered Technology in Informal Markets in Assam, Gender and Development, vol. 30, 517-530, 3, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2022.2131260
2021
1. Cihnnita Baruah and Pratisha Borborah, A Re-Imagined Community: Pandemic, Media and State, India Review, vol. 20, 176-193, 02, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2021.1895562
2. Pratisha Borborah and Jyoti Das, Bringing the World Inside Home: Media, Advertisements and Changing Forms of Consumerism, Springer, Singapore, 51-74, 978-981-16-2319-6, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2320-2_4
2020
1. Pratisha Borborah, Community, Trust and Belonging: Reflections from a Periodic Market, Journal of North East India Studies, vol. 10, 50-66, 02, 2020 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12784487
Research paper publications till 2021
- Borborah, Pratisha and Das, Krishna Surya (2022): 'Building Agency: Women Vendors and Gendered Technology in Informal Markets in Assam', Gender and Development, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 517-530. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2022.2131260
- Borborah, Pratisha and Das, Jyoti (2021): 'Bringing the World Inside Home: Media, Advertisements and Changing Forms of Consumerism' in Sociological Reflections on the Covid 19 Pandemic in India (Edited Volume), Published by Springer Nature, Sinngapore.
- Baruah, Cihnnita and Borborah, Pratisha (2021): 'A Re-Imagined Community: Pandemic, Media and State', India Review, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 176-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/14736489.2021.1895562
- Borborah, Pratisha (2020): Community, Trust and Belonging: Reflections from a Periodic Market in Assam, Journal of North East India Studies, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 50-66.
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Chapters/Articles publications in Books (Research Oriented)
1. Borborah, Pratisha and Das, Jyoti (2021): "Bringing the World inside Home: Media, Advertisements and Changing Forms of Consumerism" in an edited book Sociological Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic in India, Springer: Singapore Pte Limited, ISBN- 978-981-16-2319-6
Book publication other than subject concerned
A Recipe on the Plate: Pandemic and the Art of Social Media (Counter Current publications) https://countercurrents.org/2020/05/a-recipe-on-the-plate-pandemic-and-the-art-of-social-media/?fbclid=IwAR15X_3a3VHvtiP5Fb9Ls2yZItqjUjmDnxVQL8YjZErr1WMqXAJoKXJKcew
Covid 19 Pandemic and Educational Crisis in India (published in India Resists)
Face Masks as a Fashion Statement: About Collective Consciousness and Class Distinction https://doingsociology2020.blogspot.com/2020/06/face-mask-as-fashion-statement-about.html
Awards
Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) awarded by UGC
Other Information
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Meat is to Male and Vegetables is to Female: Gendered Food in a Weekly Market in Assam, 5th Annual South Asia Conference, Ireland India Institute, Dublin, 26th-29th April 2022.
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Bringing the world Home: Social Media and Identity, Webinar organized by Maitreyi College, Delhi University and Cotton University, Assam on “Home and the World in a Pandemic: Redefining the Normal’, 7th May, 2020.
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Mobility, Vulnerability and Informality: A Study of Everyday Precariousness in a Periodic Market in Assam: Research Workshop 2018 organised by Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies, Goethe University of Frankfurt and University of Bielefeld, Germany
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From Village to Cities: Understanding Livelihood in Periodic Markets in Guwahati, Assam: Graduate Conference 2017 organised by South Asia Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
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From Utility to Ethnic: Indian Handicrafts in a Post-Modern Consumer Society: National Level Graduate Research Meet 2015 organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam.
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Development of Village Economies: The role of Handicraft industry in XL (40th) All India Sociological Conference of the Indian Sociological Society organised by Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, sponsored by UGC & ICSSR, New Delhi
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Conference
1. Mobility, Vulnerability and Informality: A Study of Everyday Precariousness in a Periodic Market in Assam
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2. From Village to Cities: Understanding Livelihood in Periodic Markets in Guwahati, Assam
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International
1. Meat is to Male as Vegetables is to Female: Gendered Food in a Weekly Market in Assam
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Invited Talks
National
Seminar
1. Bringing the World Inside Home: Social Media and Identity
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